Wilhelm Raum Violin Bow- Markneukirchen, Germany circa 1970

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In our 38 years we have always offered hundreds of bows for our customers to check out and take out on trial. Currently, we have close to 800 bows completed in the shop for various string instruments. I enjoy the challenge of each bow, and I like the detail and discipline it takes to restore, repair, and rehair any type of bow; from Baroque to transitional to older collections of sticks and even carbon fiber. I spend many hours on bows, and it doesn’t matter if it a famous bow, historical bow, German, French, English, or a trade bow like this one. For me the bow work I do every day remains totally fun and worthwhile. A violin shop can only give you choices. The decision is yours to make. A highly expensive bow if you need one is here at the shop. If you don’t need one, we have that too.

This Wilhelm Raum violin bow is a German trade bow, pernambuco, round in section, and nickel mounts. The bow hails from the most famous place for German bow making in the 19th and 20th centuries, Markneukirchen. This bow is stamped WILHELM RAUM, and the frog has the WR stamp on the upper right side of the frog on the player’s side. I have gone over the entire bow giving it a thorough cleaning, polished the silver, and fresh hair. The bow is original in all its fittings, ivory tip, and Parisian eye model frog, checking off all the boxes for a quality violin bow. It is in very good condition and is a fine bow for a player looking to get started in a pernambuco bow.

Weight fully haired 58.5 grams